Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Over nearly 40 years at Evanston Hospital, gastroenterologist Dr. Richard Breuer concentrated not only on treating patients but also on teaching and research. "Richard was really considered one of the real lead doctors in the Chicago area in gastroenterology," said fellow gastroenterologist Dr. Michael Ruchim, associate chief medical officer at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. "He was a clinician who took care of patients and a researcher — a brilliant and thoughtful man." Dr. Breuer, 82, died of pneumonia Sunday, May 24, in his Andersonville home, according to his daughter Jennifer. He moved to the Chicago neighborhood about a year ago after living for many...

A man was killed and at least 18 others have been wounded since Thursday afternoon across the city, police said.
Around 11:40 p.m., a 35-year-old man was shot to death and a 19-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in the South Chicago neighborhood on...

Northwestern Memorial Hospital ranked No. 11 in a list of the country's top hospitals, compiled by U.S. News & World Report.The hospital, which has made the list's "Best Hospitals Honor Roll" of top hospitals in the U.S. for four consecutive...

Ryan Brown refuses to let his medical challenges limit the possibilities of his future.
"You have scientists and statistics that say it's very rare to get a second transplant, and it is," Brown said. "But its very rare to be not normal,...

A 23-year-old man shot by police Saturday died Thursday night at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Alfontish Cockerham had remained hospitalized since police shot him in the 7000 block of South Merrill Avenue on Saturday after police said he turned...

APPLETON, WIS. - Dr. Richard Fessler, Winnetka, has been elected to Lawrence University's Board of Trustees. He will serve a three-year term that begins July 1.
An internationally acclaimed researcher, surgeon and professor of neurosurgery at Chicago's...

In a 12-hour span beginning Tuesday afternoon, three people were killed, and at least 16 others were wounded -- including a 14-year-old girl -- in shootings across the city.
In four of the shootings, two or more people were killed or wounded, including a...

A man who prosecutors say was shot over a Facebook comment about slain local rapper Young Pappy has not died despite a report to that effect by the medical examiner, authorities said.
The 22-year-old is at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to the...

Over nearly 40 years at Evanston Hospital, gastroenterologist Dr. Richard Breuer concentrated not only on treating patients but also on teaching and research."Richard was really considered one of the real lead doctors in the Chicago area in...

As Sivan Schondorf walked into her geneticist's office she immediately noticed her sympathetic smile, a warning sign the prognosis wasn't good.
"We're going to tell you right away that you're positive for the mutation," her genetic counselor...

Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital both recently received the Get With The Guidelines® achievement awards from the American Heart Association (AHA). The awards recognize both Northwestern Medicine®...

Cancer patients living in the northern suburbs will have another destination to go to for clinical trials when a new facility opens at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital later this summer.
The Northwestern Medicine Developmental Therapeutics Institute...

Seymour H. Persky, the colorful Chicago real estate mogul and preservationist who amassed a dazzling collection of architectural artifacts and ensured the long-term survival of a revered Gold Coast house whose authorship is ascribed to architects Louis...

Katelyn Sullivan, 18, already has been close to the medical career she's set her sights on – working with renowned doctors in Chicago and across the country and experiencing diabetes since she was 8.
The senior at Richards High School in Oak Lawn was...

Northwestern Memorial Hospital gained approval Tuesday to double the number of operating rooms in its new, downtown Chicago outpatient center to keep up with increasing demand for surgeries.
The hospital met before the Illinois Health Facilities and...

A man was hospitalized in good condition after being rescued Monday afternoon from the Chicago River in the Loop, officials said.
Chicago Fire Department personnel responded near LaSalle Street and Wacker Drive at 2:34 p.m. for a person in the water,...

When Palos Park native Patrick McCarthy began his cardiology career more than three decades ago, heart surgery had a high mortality rate — one in five patients died, he said.
McCarthy, the executive director of Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Bluhm...

Television and film star Alec Baldwin, recently having returned from filming a role in "Mission Impossible 5," the latest in the franchise that has earned more than $2 billion worldwide, was talking on the phone from Manhattan about his upcoming...

For months, Niki Glass waited anxiously in Room 976 of the cardiac intensive care unit for the call that would save her life.
A few doors down the hall at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Karen Tompkins was in painfully similar limbo. Also waiting for a...